The art of East Asia
By: [ed. by] Gabriele Fahr-Becker [and others]
Contributors: Hesemann, Sabine; Kunt-Saptowedo, Sri; Appel, Michaela; Dunn, Michael C.
Publisher: Könemann/Tandem Verlag GmbH
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Köln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 739
ISBN-13: 9780841600935; 9783833120503
Subjects: East Asian Art; Asian Art; History; Chinese Art; Japanese Art; Indonesian Art; Korean Art; Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the German.
Table of contents: title: China: Neolithic era: art in stone and ceramics; title: Bronze age and the Shang Dynasty; title: The Zhou: one dynasty, three epochs and the great philosophers of China; title: The Qin Dynasty: China becomes a nation; title: Han China: inventions and discoveries; title: The advent of Buddhism; title: The Jin Period: the oldest extant scrolls; title: The Sui Period: the second great reunification; title: The Tang Period: internationalism and Xenophobia; title: The Song Period and the aesthetics of simplicity; title: The invading horsemen; title: The Yan Period: under Mongol rule; title: Ming traditions & innovations; title: The Qing Dynasty; title: The Republic; title: The People's Republic: The path from socialist realism to contemporary art; title: Calligraphy; title: Jade; title: Indonesia: Architecture and symbolism; title: Indian influences; title: Traditional arts & crafts; title: The performing arts; title: The rise and fall of Cham; title: The kingdom of the Khmer: Thailand, Laos, Burma, Vietnam; title: Textiles in Southeast Asia; title: Japan: Painting and the art of wood engraving; title: Japanese ceramics; title: Japanese sculpture; title: Japanese architecture and gardens; title: Traditional arts and crafts; title: Korea.